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TAKE SOME TIME TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO THE LETTERS PATENT. INDEED IT MAY BE SENSIBLE TO COMBINE THIS AMENDMENT WITH OTHERS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSALS IN MY LEGCO ADDRESS, FOR EXAMPLE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GOVERNOR AS PRESIDENT OF LEGCO BY A MEMBER ELECTED BY THE COUNCIL. BUT THERE IS NO NEED FOR THIS CONSTITUTIONAL TECHNICALITY TO DELAY THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CHANGE. I THEREFORE INTEND TO PROPOSE TO CBF THAT HE SHOULD NO LONGER ATTEND MEETINGS OF EXCO ON A REGULAR BASIS, WITH EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF MY LEGCO ADDRESS.

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